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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-22
CURRENT COMMENTS.

1t is said that the machinery of
Foraker's mouth is similar to that of
lawn mower. atlanta Constitution.
The latest utterances of Tuttle
at st. Louis destroy the hope that he
could reform and cast aside his bascr
parts. The leopard can not change
his spots. nor the meek and lowly ass
abridge his ears. Chicago Herald.
The fine Italian hand of James
Gillespie Blaine manipulated the New
York Republican convention through
the mediumship of William Walter
Phelps. The platform is Blaineism
crystalized. Boston Globe.
William Walter Phelps is can
didate for the next United States Sem
atorship from New Jersey. With
Phelps in the Senate it might not be an
easy matter for old Hoar to hold his
place as the best friend in the Senate
of all the railroad and other cooper
ativc monopolies. Chicago Times.
Colonel Fred ID. Grant comes
before the citizens of New York with IL
certificate of bad character furnished
to him by his party associates, the Re-
publican Senate. That body rejected
him for an Office to which he was ap-
pointed by Governor Hill out of re-
spect for his father, the late General.
The colonel is heavily handicapped. =
Buffalo Times.
Why are Mr.. Blaine's boys to be
slightedp Why should not one OF them
have place on the next Republican
National ticketp We might thus have
the Blaine name, the Blaine magnet
ism and the Blaine sentiment without
the Mulligan letters and all tho other
dead weight known as Blaineism. =
Louisville Couriey-Jouy1,al. 1esH
--Chauncey Depew declares that he
is not candidate for the Presidency,
bat is abundantly satisfied with his
present job us president of the New
York Central. Incidentally, he adds
that, in the latter position, he has 25,-
600 employees under him, each man
and voter All OF which facts. com
ing from SO eminept u source, have q
certain interest --ChicaJo Herald.
Measured by Forakers mouth
tho Republican party of OHIO Is u tre-
mendous affair; measured by the ef-
feet of its law providing for mixed
schools, it is successful in its efforts to
drive capable negro teachers out of the
schools, and is also successful in its Of
forts to cripple the public school sys
tenn. Take it altogether, the Foraker
party is entitled to its laurels; but 4
the negroes OF Ohio have any intelli'
genco they will feel that under thu
gnise OF ''mixed schools" blow ha
been struck at their race. --Atlaa,ss
Cnsastititi0aA
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-22
THE TERRIBLE APHIS.
A Little Insect That Could Starvo Out {
Human Race in One Year.

A Little Insect That Could Starve Out the
Human Race In One Year.
'Do you see that speck on this slide?"
The reporter closely examined tho
glass slide of the microscope. The eye,
unaided by the lens, could distinguish
absolutely nothing.
"Now look through this tube"
The reporter gazed through the long
tubes of the big bnocular microscope.
On the slide there was plainly to be
seen, instead OF single speck, a col
lection of monsters, who were crawling
around on the glass uneasily, as if out
of their natural element.
"See their long legs, peculiar eyes
and ferocious appearance. observed
the entomologist in whose uptown of
flee the research was being made.
"Those are aphides or plant-lice. The
aphis only weighs one one-hundredth
of q grain. Its life is short and its
habits are destructive in the extreme to
all kinds of plants, particularly those
which are reared indoors.
"What is so remarkable about
themp"
II was coming to that. They are
among the most fecund creatures in the
world. They breed with almost mirac.
ulous rapidity. l will illustrate. A
heavy man will weigh in the neighbor.
hood of 100000 grains, two billion
times as much as an aphis. Well, in
ten broods, if nothing were done to de-
stroy them, how much do you suppose
the offspring of one of these minute
creatures would weigh?'' 5aH
81 have no idea
"Of course we have no way of abso.
lutely determining that matter, but
judging from the increase of single
aphis in given length of time, and es-
timating what would be accomplished
in ten broods, we estimate that they
would weigh as much as 100000, 00C
men weighing $50 pounds each---oi
one-third the human population of the
globe.
"Lucky their increase is checked"
II should say it was. They would
destroy in one year every particle o.
vegetable matter in the world. ant
create a famine equaled only in its dc
structiveness to the deluge itself"-
NJ Y. Mail and Espress
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-22
HYSTERICAL EPIDEMIC.
Outbreak OF u Queer ConvulsionIst Mani
in tho YroYInca OF Rome.

Outbreak OF n Queer ConvuIsionIst Mania
in the Province OF Rome.
A curious outbreak of convulsionist
mania, analogous to those which oc-
Cured from time TO time during the
Middle Ages, has shown itself at Agosta,
in the province of Rome.
For some weeks past the country
people have been laboring under the
delusion that the district is under the
immediate government of the Evil One,
and before retiring to rest they care
fully place on the threshold the broom
and the salt, which are accredited with
the power of keeping off evil spirits.
Many of the younger women have epi-
leptiform attacks, during which they
utter piercing screams and are violently
convulsed. So serious had the condi.
ton of things become that the syndic OF
Agosta found it necessary to inform
the prefect. who sent detachments OF
soldiers into the district in order to
calm the apprehensions of tho inhab,
| itantS.
AS natural consequence of this con-
dition of mental perturbation, the coun-
try is overrun with quacks who claim
to possess the only infallible remedy fol
the seizures. One of these nostrums,
the vendor of which was making rich
harvest from its sale, was found on an
alysis to consist of earth, snuff and
borax. Three medical men who were
commissioned to investigate the cause
and nature of this extraordinary affec
| tion came to the conclusion that it was
an epidemic Of Mysteries.
They examined number of the SUI
ferers, mostly young women. some o
whom were alleged to have vomite'
nails, horse-shoes, and other equall
indigestible substances, while other
barked like dogs. Several OF then
were removed to Rome for treatment il
the hospitals there, and measures hav
been taken to check the spread Of tn
mischief. ~
In milder degree this contagiou
form of hystera is not infrequent
especially in places where ignoranc
4 and, superstition favor manifestation
OF nervous disorders. The worst OK
cesses of popular outbreaks, like tn
French revolution, have been attribute
to similar influences. and with ever,
appearance of justice, - British Medict
| Journal VIZ tkfHttt
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-22
CURIOUS cEREMoNIALs.
Annamese Customs That SAVIOR Much o
Another World Than Ours.


Another World Than Ours.
The curious philosophical views Of
life which appear to be common to the
races of the Chinese stock, and the
elaborate ceremonials by which they
are symbolized and emphasized. give
q rare interest to all that relates to tho
manners and customs of those peoples,
whatever may be their particular
nationality. Nowhere are these feat
urcs more marked, or do they SAVIOR
more Of another world than ours, than
in AMMAN. We are indebted to certain
French writers, whom military and
political events have given rare op-
portunities to observe, for some fresh
and original accounts OF the inhabitants
of this country, and of their character
istic beliefs and usages. NJ. Henry M.
d'Estrey has given, in the Revue
Scientifpue, descriptions of the princi-
pal ceremonies prescribed in the rites
TO commemorate tho most important
events in life, which are six in number,
viz: 1. Gca Ke, or the imposition Of
a pin in the Embarrassing of maiden
on her reaching puberty; 2. Gea Quan.
or the imposition of the virile bonnet
on the head of young man when no
reaches adult age; 3. Quan, or tho
feast in celebration of obtaining a first
employment; 4. Hon, or the marriage
ceremonies; 5. 1aug, or funeral cere-
monies; 6, 1e, or the ceremony Of an
cestral worship.
The first two ceremonies are celebra-
ted by the relatives, in the family. When
maiden has reached the age of fif-
teen years, the father and mother adorn
the two altars erected to the ancestors
of their respective families, invite tho
near relatives, and select, as president
of the ceremony, an aged lady, of high
repute for virtue and good sense.
While the lights are burning among
perfumes, two masters of ceremonies.
one at each end of the altar, call off
the order fixed by the rites. The father
and mother then come up to the altars,
and say in low tone: ut is our duty
to inform our ancestors that our
daughter is, according to the rites.
marriageable from this day, and that
the age of fifteen years, which she has
reached, gives her the right to wear
the pin" They then prostrate them
selves four times, and the other rela-
tives follow, initiating them. Next, the
maiden is brought up to the altar, and
the lady who presides over the cere-
mony, or sometimes the mother her.
self, takes the pin from off the altar
and places it in the hair of the maiden,
when, after having saluted the altars
four times, she takes her back into the
house. At any time after this the
maiden may marry. The ceremony is
followed by festival, which is at
tended by the participants. @N}
The ceremony of the imposition of
the virile bonnet upon the young man
who has reached the age of twenty
years is performed with similar OBJ
servances; but the father or an old man
takes the place of the mother or aged
lady in making the investiture.- .-Popm-
lar Science MONTHLY.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-22
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
ADVICE FOR YOU,

I have some good advice for you,
My merry little man,
IT'S this: whoro'er your lot Is cnst q
O,do the best you cam r f
And fnd the good in every thing,
No matter what or whore;
And don't he always looking for
The hardest things to bear.
o, do not stand with Idle hands,
And wait for something grand.
While precious moments slip away
Like grains OF shining sand!
But do the duty ncnrcst YOU,
And do IL faithfully, lqr4l .t1I
For stepping stones to greater things
These little deeds shall be. NA
In this big world OF ours, my boy,
There's work for all to do, l.ft..
Just measure by the golden rulo
That which is set for you; iNL
And try It with the square Of truth,
And with the line Of right;
In every act and thought OF yours,
Oh, keep your honor bright
-Youth's Companion
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-22
, Not Sure on the Dodo.

"Kin git man arrested?' asked a
colored man at the Sergeant's desk In
police headquarters yesterday. q
"What forp' q lH'i@EAfg
"Fur callin' me names. F"
"What namesp'4 z.4tt2
"Well. sab, he called me dodos"
"And what is a dodop"
~ dunno, sah." ffasi aiI 1t
perhaps it means q great states
man. 'ti H'' tlfa s'l "a a'h
"Mebbe 1t does, sab, an so I'll let ur
OH his CALM me names an hoy him
arrested fur do way he jumped in an
Civ me two kicks. ."-Dstroa Free Ha"s
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-22
THE ANT-LloNs.
Queer Insects That Destroy Ants for Two
Years and Then Become Flics.

Years and Then Become Flies.
This curious insect is about half an
inch long. 1t has two jaws that give
it very fierce look, for they curve in
ward like pincers. To look at it one
would think it the most helpless of an
imals, and would wonder how it could
ever get enough to eat. 1t can only
walk very slowly, and that backwards.
1t looks so fierce that no small insect
will go near it unless it is we'll hidden
in the sand. 1t eats only the juices of
other insects. You know that insects
do not, like larger animals, have blood
in their bodies, but some thing we call
juice. That is the food of the ant-lion;
but how is it going to get it, when it
can only walk backward, and that so
slowlyP And it never touches an in
sect unless it has killed it itself.
1t goes to a sandy place and digs q
pit like u cone, smaller ut the bottom
than at the top. 1t digs with one of its
fore legs, using it as shovel. 1t puts
the sand on its head, and gives it
jerk strong enough to send tho sand
two or three inches from the pit. If
one leg gets tired it uses the one on
the other side. Sometimes small stones
get in its way. Then the ant-lion
pushes and works with its tail until it
lifts the stone on its back, which is
made of many rings. 1t can move
these rings up and down, and so keep
the stone from falling off while it
climbs, still walking backward, up the
side of the pit; then it jerks it away.
When the pit is done this cunning in
sect gets down at the bottom, covers
itself all up with sand except the points
of its pinccrs, and waits for it's prey.
1t is not long before an ant or some
other small insect comes that way.
Often they fall in. Quick the ant-lion
has it between its jaws. and has sucked
out the juice. Sometimes an ant gets
half way down the pit, sees there is
danger and starts to climb up again.
The ant-lion. which has six eyes, and
has been watching, does not try to
catch it; it could not do that,
/ but it shovels up some sand,
and throws it on the littlo ant, until
it falls dead After it has sucked the
juice it takes, the dead body, walks
backward again up the side of the pit,
and jerks it so far away that no other
insect coming by will SEQ it, and, fear
ing danger, go away. fit has to wait
too long for its food, if but few insects
come near its den, it decides that it's
den is not in q good place, SO it goe.
away and digs another.
When the ant-lion has lived two
years it makes for itself sort of cover
ing, and buries itself in the sand for
about two months; during that time it
loses its eyes, paws and horns. Soon
others grow, with new skin, and four
wings. When the new limbs are
strong enough it tears off tho covering
with its two teeth, and now it is no
longer clumsy, fierce ant-lion. but q
beautiful fly, an inch and quarter
long, BY and by it goes to q sandy
place and lays an egg. which becomes
an ant-lion, and in its turn a fly
Christian Union. .Nt ~ S0
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-22
MALICIOUS ADVICE.
a. Remedy for vermin Warranted TO XII
III or Curo in n Few Moments.

n Remedy for vermin Warranted TO KIN
or euro in n Few Moments.
A peculiar lawsuit has just been
brought before the Circuit Court at Gal
latin, Tenn. Josiah l.. Barnes was the
owner of an old horse. The animal had
rather long hair, and unintentionnlly
harbored insects inelegantly but cor
rectly known as lice. These insects
were so ravenous Of appetite that tho
horse began to show signs of his in
ability to support them. They would
arouse him ut all times Of night, regard
ing him as a restaurant where meals
were served ut all hours, and annoyed
the unfortunate animal until he was
scarcely able to draw a bull-tonguc
plow. Barnes tried numerous kinds Of
poisonous liquids, but found nothing
that would kill the insects, or even
lessen their demand for food.
One evening while Barnes was medi-
tating upon tho inevitable fate of his
horse, fellow named Whitesides came
along and asked how the animal was
! getting along. l mlH
mighty bad" Barnes replied.
"It's strange thing to me-" said
Whtesides, 'that you will allow him
to be eat up that way"
"How can I help itP have tried
every thing that the neighbors recom-
mend, but nothin' does any good"
"Do you ricolleck that bay hoss of
Wat Goostrcc'sp" Whitesides asked.
mighty we'll" ia N4
"Well," continued Whitcsides, II
kncwed him when he was wus off than
,ore hoss is" 49,.
"How did Wat cure him?"
"W'y, he done as tho folks do down
in the Honey Run settlement He
poured coal oil all over the horse an
set it on fire." r.sEe..
"W'y, that was enough to kill him"
"But it done him good. Burnt off
little of the hair, but it come back
again better than ever. Wall, l must
be goin."
Shortly after Whitesides left. Mrs.
Barnes, who had not heard the con-
versation, asked her husband what he
was going to do with the jug of coal
oil.
"Goin' to wet old Bill with it."
"That won't do no good"
eyes it will, fur I'm goin' to set it
afire."
my gracious alive, man, it will hurt
him.
"That's all you know about it.
Wimin may be as smart as a man about
some things, but they're ignunt about
hosses-plumignunt. ..
"Josiah, fur pity sake, don't
| go on, now; go on. You've set
around the house tell you don't know
a thing about science. Go on away, 1
tell yuu.' naa ti
He saturated the horse and then
touched him with lighted match. By
this time it was dark, and as the moon
had not arisen, the spectacle of blaz-
ing horse bounding through the woods
afforded the grandest piece of fire.
works the people had ever seen. Ne
groes, thinking that Satan had surely
come, fled for their lives; and when the
horse stopped in Ben Hardings barn
yard long enough to set fire to a num-
ber of hay-stacks, it was thought that
the night of Judgment had arrived.
The horse soon died, of course, and the
frightened people, discovering the cause
of their terror, became calm. Barnes
has brought suit against Whitesides,
charging him with malicious advice
| ArkanSalU TraCeler. N
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-22
Edicts Against Tobacco.

Tie Gear, Michael Fedorowitch, Sec
ing his capital destroyed by fire due
to the carelessness of man who was
smoking, forbid tho use of tobacco in
his kingdom under penalty of death. g
The Sultan Amurath w., of Turkey,
commenced by condemning every Mus
sulman accused of smoking to receive
twenty strokes with stick on the solo
of his foot; at thencxt offense the guilty
party was deprived Of his nose. f
Pope Urban VIII. issued bull of cx-
communication against all those who
smoked. M lfl
Queen Elizabeth, of England. forbid
snuff to be taken in church, and author
lied the sections to seize and keep all
snuil-boxes seen in the hands of Offend
rs.
In March of this year. 1887, tho
Sultan of Morocco has put to death sew
eral smokers and destroyed all the to-
bacco he could find, while he merely
logged the snuffers. .--Epoch
AT Yuma. CAL, eggs are Matched
by natuSal heat, II putin shady place,
Is left " the sHR they cook.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-14
Cookery and Food Exhibition.

AprOpos of the subject of food it NAV
be well to call attention TO the food eX-
hibition that takes place in London next
December. One of its departments will
be the literature of the kitchen 1t will
contain cookery books of all nations, from
the earliest to the most modern, illustra
tons of game, artistic menu cards. bills
of fare from the leading hotels of the
world and portraits of all the great gas
tronomic writers of the age. There will
also be a department of dining room ac-
cessories' and utensils used in the pre-
paration of all food" The exhibition
will be held in the Royal Aquarium. West
minister, and will continue from Deem
Der to 10. both dates inclusive. 1t
promises TO be one of the most interesting
and unique of the many exhibitions held
IN London the last few years
Why should there not be in connection
with this exhibition commission ap-
pointed TO test all foods and their prepa
ration? No cookery book gotten up by an
individual can give recipes all of which
would be of the very best That is a
matter for literally hundreds of thousands
of experiments. This commission should
examine famous cooks and should have
the whOlesomeness of every dish thor
Cughly canyassed. Its labors would throw
world of light on the kind of diets best
fit for invalids. 1t is curious that the
human race should have been so long on
this planet and should have made no Or
gained effort to discover the most whole
some foods or how they could best be pre-
pared. s Monthly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-14
VIM. McEnIry,
"Gath's" Capacity for Work.

In speaking Of book writing. Mr. Town
send once told me that it did not pay
1.-THE Entailed Hat had already been
published year and he said that lis re
ceipts from the same were less than
81 GOO. 1t had taken him as much work
IN Its composition as year of newspaper
writing, and he had been able TO do it
only by rising early in the morning and
writing at it before he commenced his
news work for the day.
Townsend has wonderful capacity for
work He writes 5000 or 1000 words
regularly every day, and on squirt can
increase the amount to two or three times
this number of words. He saws. however,
that he grows tired after two or three
hous' dictation and requires rest He
can ret along with very little sleep and
has wonderful rccuperative powers. He
does more newspaper work than any
other man in the United States and his
letters are published i'll half dozen differ
ent papers. With il all he finds time to
write poetry. deliver lectures, send out o
magazine article now and then, and write
q novel He is great student and he is
probably as well posted upon the times
with which his new novel deals as any
ether Iuan in the world-Frank G. Car
penter in Cleveland Leader
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-14

Does the Englishman continue to be IL
distinctive type of mani"
Regarded as whole they are squarely
built, less delicately organized less grace
full in bearing, but more sturdy than
Americans. Their dress is distinctively
English, you know, noticeable there as it
is here. You can always tell an English
man when You see him, but was particu-
larly interested in noticing that up to the
years of ID and 1G the children are stur-
dicr, They have fine compilations. The
charming health Of the English children
is one of the most delightful features of
English life; but we have nothing here.
thank God, that can represent in any sense
a large under class of people in London.
Small OF stature, Gmasculated from birth.
they become by want of nourshing food a
feeble race in everything except their pas
sions. The wife of an English clergyman
much interested in missionary effort said
to me concerning their endeayors and
work among this class: The highest we
can even attempt with them is to induce
them not to steal and to keep clean That
is our highest attainable aim Now we
have nothing like that here. Henry
Ward Beecher in New York World.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-14

and there be kept for term not exceed
ing six months or for shorter time
should he recover sufficiently to be re-
moved. We believe that it would be fully
as cheap as to send him 10 the poor
farm and pay for the services of the
county physician.
Your committee to whom was referred
the case of woman and SIX children,
would recommend that the amount of
$2l 40 be appropriated to send her to
Nebraska.
Your committee to whom was referred
the petition of Mrs. Jackson, would rec
ommend that ii be not granted.
Your committee to whom was referred
the matter of Mrs. WEIGH, would rec0m>
mend that she be allowed the sum of IS
per week for eleven weeks. and that she
be required to give receipt in full of all
demands against Rock Island county in
this case, or if she is not the proper
person to give such receipt, then the
proper person be required to give said
receipt.
JASPER SELL, S. Z. GoODLUw,
J. B. KERNs, HUGH WALKER,
FRED APPELQUIsT, Committee.
Supervisor Murphy moved that the
following named persons be allowed the
balance of their bills for burial of paup
ers at follows: A. Ii. Wendt 81: VIM.
Myers, So so; ii. Freytag, $225, Car
rie6.
Board adjourned until tomorrow morn
ing at o'clock
TTO BE CONTINUED